Coffee

The Sidamo is schwag compared to this Yirgacheffe

HelpHub said:

I bought one a couple months ago, it works well. It was cheap, you can find them occasionally on Amazon for under $20. It has a permanent filter so no need to buy paper. I prefer to not use paper if I can get away with it so the oils are not trapped in the filter.

I wanted a pour over that would make enough coffee for two people and was dishwasher safe. I do use a Hario Buono goose-neck kettle for pouring the water. While it is very thin glass at that price I won't be upset when it breaks.

I can't compare it to a Chemex, I've never used or tasted coffee from one of those.

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oh man, that goose neck buono kettle is barista-level pimp. hopefully i'll have one by 2020.

yea, i really like the bodum globe carafe pour-over! you can't beat it for the price and ilove that melon shape. chemex just has the branding and was the first, of its kind, to the market ages ago. i won't miss trying to chase down those fangled chemex filters. the chemex does pour a bit better and is thicker glass, but that still doesn't keep the coffee any warmer. until someone starts doing double walled borosilicate, retaining heat will be a problem. i like rrog's idea of insulating the carafe with a towel.

one observation about using the steel mesh filter w the bodum, the grind must be on the fine side or the coffee will be under-extracted by pouring through too fast. part of the chemex slow extraction is the use of a filter, so adding a natural paper filter to the bodum steel filter would slow it even further. i'm still getting a feel for what retaining more of the essential oils adds to the cup, so I'll avoid paper filters for the time-being.

a few twists of this tri-nut on the bottom of the portable hario burr grinder adjusts the coarseness. steel filter that is part of the bodum pour-over.

I'm pretty happy with my $10 thrift store find, a Cuisinart drip coffee maker with built in grinder.

This morning, I'm making myself a treat; adding hot cocoa mix and a shot of orange liqueur.

YUM

abe supercro said:

'm still getting a feel for what retaining more of the essential oils adds to the cup, so I'll avoid paper filters for the time-being.

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That's from early "studies"

The paper filters aren't going to disproportionately "absorb" a wide range of comounds encompassing esters terpenes alcohols etc
Regarding gas chromatography
".... that were classified as soft by the tasters had a cafestol-kahweol ratio of greater than 1:2, whereas those that were hard or Rio quality had a ratio of less than 0.96. There were no intermediate values resulting from these experiments.

This is the first published data linking coffee quality to the content of terpenes in the bean and it provides a possible alternative to tasters"




However published in 2012
Cafestol extraction yield from different coffee brew mechanisms

Showed differences only resulting from the method ie boiled, French press etc.

ttystikk said:

I'm pretty happy with my $10 thrift store find, a Cuisinart drip coffee maker with built in grinder.

This morning, I'm making myself a treat; adding hot cocoa mix and a shot of orange liqueur.

YUM

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Just visited a St Vincent on Jan 1, for the first time again in years.. forgot about the joys of bargain hunting in those places.. wouldn't mind finding a cuisinart mixer second hand.

Orange flave compliments chocolate and coffee well, sounds like winner!

abe supercro said:

Just visited a St Vincent on Jan 1, for the first time again in years.. forgot about the joys of bargain hunting in those places.. wouldn't mind finding one of those cuisinart mixers second hand.

Orange flave compliments chocolate and coffee well, sounds like winner!

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OMFG... was invented for this combo.

I've never roasted my own coffee! Sounds delightful Of all the ways to make coffee, I prefer French press. It makes thee tastiest cup of joe.

Figured out what to do with the Sidamo once I saw how fine a grind that Hario produced.

Ran a bunch of lighter-roast, 'city/full-city', Sidamo through the steam pressured Stovetop Espresso Maker and did lattes this week.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

abe supercro said:

you're not missing much, coffee is an acquired taste. how about tea bags? ive been rockin some ginger breakfast black tea, a friend said she misordered and slid me an entire box, that's 104 tea bags.

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I enjoy a good green tea as well.

Also a few varieties of Earl Grey

abe supercro said:

Figured out what to do with the Sidamo once I saw how fine a grind that Hario produced.

Ran a bunch of lighter-roast, 'city/full-city', Sidamo through the steam pressured Stovetop Espresso Maker and did lattes this week.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

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I have one of those

Always fun. You can always adjust the grind on the hario too. Just takes a while to dial it in by hand.

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The Sidamo is schwag compared to this Yirgacheffe

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I do prefer a nice yirgacheffe

Or a derar ella. But I've had some amazing Sidamos as well.

The many wonderful terriers of Ethiopia

Jp.the.pope said:

You can always adjust the grind on the hario too. Just takes a while to dial it in by hand.

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I guess it's a glorified pepper grinder of sorts, works damn well. Didn't take too long to figure out I can adjust the tri-nut to spin it outward (for a coarser grind) easier than spinning it inward (for a finer grind), if beans are already in the hopper.

To adjust to a finer grind, you must empty all beans out of the Hario first.

Accurate on all accounts

Glad you like it.

A good old fashioned conical burr pepper grinder

My coffee maker finally died yesterday, an older Krupps grind and brew. I have already repaired it a couple times, the heating element hasn't worked for 2 years, I use it for the grinder, then I pour hot water over. The grinder stopped working, I think it's finally done.. Had to dig out the bean grinder and French press, not something I want to do everyday, mainly cause it's only good for 2 cups. I'm lazy and want to make coffee 1 or twice a week.

Need some recommendations, prefer grind+brew, 10 cup minimum, 12 preferred.

RIP old friend

WeedFreak78 said:

My coffee maker finally died yesterday, an older Krupps grind and brew. I have already repaired it a couple times, the heating element hasn't worked for 2 years, I use it for the grinder, then I pour hot water over. The grinder stopped working, I think it's finally done.. Had to dig out the bean grinder and French press, not something I want to do everyday, mainly cause it's only good for 2 cups. I'm lazy and want to make coffee 1 or twice a week.

Need some recommendations, prefer grind+brew, 10 cup minimum, 12 preferred.

RIP old friend

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I love my electric boiler and coffee prpress. It makes a quart of coffee really quick

iHearAll said:

I love my electric boiler and coffee prpress. It makes a quart of coffee really quick
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Does that take coffee grounds? I can boil water on the stove of that's all it does.

WeedFreak78 said:

Does that take coffee grounds? I can boil water on the stove of that's all it does.

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Its just a water boiler Lol, it boils faster than the stove and turns itself off when its boiled. For 20$ at a Starbucks you can get a French press. I was just recommending the electric boiler so you can get your fix in 3 minutes of versus 7minutes. So much time saved, so many activities now available with the extra 4 minutes to spare

WeedFreak78 said:

My coffee maker finally died yesterday, an older Krupps grind and brew. I have already repaired it a couple times, the heating element hasn't worked for 2 years, I use it for the grinder, then I pour hot water over. The grinder stopped working, I think it's finally done.. Had to dig out the bean grinder and French press, not something I want to do everyday, mainly cause it's only good for 2 cups. I'm lazy and want to make coffee 1 or twice a week.

Need some recommendations, prefer grind+brew, 10 cup minimum, 12 preferred.

RIP old friend

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My Cuisinart grind and brew unit is nice. I got mine at the thrift store for $10.

ttystikk said:

My Cuisinart grind and brew unit is nice. I got mine at the thrift store for $10.

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I was looking online for this model, either a good one or one for parts, no luck. I just put it on the operating table and about to open her up once I finish this bong. I can't make it work any less than it does already, right?